Eve Torres

Eve Torres Gracie(bornEve Marie Torres; August 21, 1984)is an American model, actress, and former professional wrestler . She is best known for her work with WWE asEve Torres.Torres began her career as a model and dancer. She danced for The Southern California Summer Pro League and went on to become a member of the National Basketball Association 's Los Angeles Clippers Spirit Dance Team for the 2006–2007 season. She has also appeared on several television shows, includingShow Me The Money,Sunset Tan, andDeal or No Deal.In 2007, she entered the 2007 Diva Search and won, earning a contract with WWE . Torres first appeared on WWE programming as a backstage interviewer in 2008, and also appeared in non-wrestling contests such as bikini contests and dance competitions. She later became a full-time wrestler in 2009, and was involved in feuds with Michelle McCool , Layla and Natalya . She also managed the tag team of Cryme Tyme . After being traded to the Raw brand in late 2009, she managed Chris Masters before winning the WWE Divas Championship in April 2010. She held the championship for 69 days, before losing it in June. After acting as the valet for R-Truth in late 2010, Torres won the Divas Championship for the second time at the 2011 Royal Rumble in January. Her second reign lasted until April 2011. The following year, she was given the fictional role of "Executive Administrator" ofRawandWWE SmackDown, and later the Assistant General Manager of SmackDown . At Night of Champions , Torres won the Divas Championship, becoming the first person to win it on three occasions, and held the title until January 2013.Following her Divas Championship loss, she retired from WWE to focus on her role as an instructor for the Gracie Women Empowered Self-defense program. In 2014, she appeared on the television seriesMatadorin a recurring guest role.

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Eve Torres's Early life

Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?in October 2008 and won $100,000, and currently hosts TechKnow on Al Jazeera America .

She graduated with honors and a Grade Point Average above 3.5 in May 2006, with a degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering.

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Eve Torres's Professional wrestling career

World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE[edit]

Diva Search and Ohio Valley Wrestling (2007–2008)[edit]

, she was crowned the 2007 WWE Diva Search winner, defeating finalist Brooke Gilbertsen and becoming an official WWE Diva .Following her win, she began training for her wrestling debut in WWE's then- developmental territory , Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW).

SmackDown (2008–2009)[edit]

Eve onSmackDownin March 2008

Eve spent the rest of the year competing in contests, including a dance-off and a bikini contest, before participating in the Halloween Costume Contest on October 26 at the Cyber Sunday pay-per-view , where she was dressed as Raphael from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles .On the 800th episode ofRawon November 3, 2008, Eve made her televised in-ring debut in a 16-Diva tag team match , which her team lost, although she never tagged into the match.

SmackDownin a singles match.On the June 18 episode ofSuperstars, Eve pinned Layla once again. After the match, they both shook hands.

Her final match onSmackDownwas on October 9, when she was defeated in a singles match by McCool.

Divas Champion (2009–2011)[edit]

Torres after winning the WWE Divas Championship for the second time at the 2011 Royal Rumble

At WrestleMania XXVI , Eve was on the losing team in a 10-Diva tag team match, but the following night onRaw, she pinned Maryse in a rematch to earn the victory for her team.

Raw, Eve invoked her rematch clause against Fox but was unsuccessful after Fox feigned an ankle injury.As a result, she received another rematch at the Money in the Bank pay per-view, but lost again to Fox.In mid-2010, she began acting as the valet for R-Truth .

, and against Nikki Bella on the March 7 episode.She held the championship until the April 11 episode ofRaw, when she lost it to Brie Bella .

Raw, Eve won a battle royal to become the number one contender to the Divas Championship.She received her championship match at the Survivor Series pay-per-view, but lost a Lumberjill match to Phoenix.She later described the match as her favorite.

Authority figure (2011–2013)[edit]

Eve quickly became involved in the storyline between Ryder, his ally John Cena , and Kane , the latter of whom began targeting Ryder. After injuring Ryder, Kane turned his attention to Eve, and tried to attack her until he was stopped by Cena. On the February 6 episode ofRaw, Eve suffered a legitimate broken nose when Beth Phoenix clotheslined her during a match. The following week, John Cena saved Eve from being kidnapped by Kane, and Eve kissed him in thanks. Ryder witnessed it, and she later told Ryder she hoped they could be friends. On the February 20 episode ofRaw, Eve turned into a villainess for the first time in her career, after she confessed backstage to The Bella Twins that she had never liked Zack Ryder, and had disingenuously used him for publicity and planned to take advantage of Cena the same way. Cena overheard her revelation and scorned her as she begged for forgiveness.Eve justified her actions by stating she was not a " damsel in distress " and was proud of her beauty allowing her to seduce men. She wrestled her first match as a villainess on the March 2 episode ofSmackDown, defeating Natalya.Ryder returned on the March 5 episoder ofRaw, confronting Eve over her recent actions, but she managed to seduce him into forgiving her.At WrestleMania XXVIII , Eve and Beth Phoenix lost to Kelly Kelly andExtracorrespondent Maria Menounos in a tag team match. Later that night, she accompanied Ryder to the ring for the Team Johnny vs. Team Teddy match, where she distracted Ryder, costing him and Team Teddy the match. Afterwards, Eve delivered a low blow to Ryder.

Torres (left) with Beth Phoenix at Wrestlemania XXVIII in April 2012

On the August 10 episode ofSmackDown, Eve asked SmackDown General Manager Booker T if she could be his assistant, but Kaitlyn was given the job instead. Eve threatened Booker that she would tell the Board of Directors about his discriminatory hiring practices, and was given a match against Kaitlyn the following week to determine who would become his assistant, which Eve won, and got the job.

At TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs , Eve stopped Kaitlyn from winning a number one contender's match, and defeated winner Naomi to retain the title later that night.Kaitlyn won a non-title match against Eve, and won the subsequent title match by disqualification on December 18, however Eve retained the championship.A rematch occurred on the January 7, 2013, episode ofRaw, in which Eve successfully defended the championship after losing by count-out. The following week, on the special "20th Anniversary" episode ofRaw, Eve lost the Divas Championship to Kaitlyn.Following the loss, Eve immediately quit WWE in the storyline.

Since April 2014, she has served as an ambassador for the WWE .

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Eve Torres's Other Media

Torres with The Miz at an autograph signing in 2010

Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed.Torres appeared on the November 3, 2009 episode ofDeal or No Dealwith Maria and Dolph Ziggler .On July 1, 2012, Torres, Kelly Kelly , and Michelle McCool appeared onExtreme Weight Loss.In 2012, she was part of NBC 's celebrity reality competition series calledStars Earn Stripes; she won the competition on September 3, earning over $100,000 for her charity, the USO . On September 7, 2012, Torres appeared on G4 'sAttack of the Showfor an interview.

Muscle & Fitnessmagazine.

, which was released in 2015.She later earned a role inMatadoras Reyna Flores, a journalist reporting on the leading character's career.The show was cancelled after a single season.

Television[edit]

Television

Year

Title

Role

Notes

2005

Show Me The Money

Herself

2007

The Best Damn Sports Show Period

2008

Sunset Tan

Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed

2009

Deal or No Deal

2012

Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition

Stars Earn Stripes

Competed for the "USO" charity; Winner

Attack of the Show

The Soup

2014

Matador

Reyna Flores

2016

Supergirl

Maxima

Films[edit]

Film

Year

Title

Role

Notes

2013

Queens of the Ring

Herself

2015

Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power

Chancara

2015

Skiptrace

TBA

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Eve Torres's Personal life

She is a spokeswoman and head instructor for the Gracie Women Empowered Self-defense program.

She gave birth to her first child, a boy, named Raeven Gracie, on September 28, 2015.

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